LOI Talk, Rumors, Gossip, Transfers etc 2015

Omackeral wrote: »

Wondering would anyone know if there's a Dublin version of one of these floating about for the LOI clubs, namely Bohs, Rovers, Shels and Pats. Be great to get a visual on it and see how places like Ringsend and Tallaght are distributed. Or could we have a go at making one?!

Found one:



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Hey all,

Just a quick update on the magazine and we now have a website! loimonthly.com is the place to head if you want to see it. Delighted to have it out as it's been something chronically missing to be perfectly honest, and will hopefully serve as the interim base. Also will be doing subscription emails so that readers can get the latest issues sent directly to their mail box every month along with updated news

Kev

doncarlos wrote: »

Magazine is brilliant but the website is shockingly bad. So bad, that you are better off not having it than having it in it's current guise.
Sorry if this seems over critical but I think you're doing your magazine a major disservice.

Hey doncarlos, that's quite a statement alright!! I'm by no means a graphic designer but I was left happy enough with the site and I've gotten some great feedback. Would you be able to send me a PM with a few of the major flaws? I'm always interested in feedback but honestly given my relative lack of any website design experience I am happy enough with the final product

Have to be happy with that EA Sports Cup draw. Looks like the semi final awaits. Will be lovely for UCC's wee players to play against the champs as well. Win win for both clubs.

UCC V The Champs
Cork V Pats
Galway V Bohs
Derry City V Shamrock Rovers

Games to be played 18th and 19th May.

Dundalk, Pats, Bohs and Derry to make the Semis.

Delighted with the EA Cup draw. I'll actually be able to go to my first Bohs match of the season, I seem to be in Dublin when they're away, and in Galway when they're at home.

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

https://twitter.com/markmccadden/status/588304049478467584

Interesting to see how low wages in the league have gone. At least clubs are no longer throwing money at players, hopefully the days of clubs winning the league and then running into massive financial trouble are over. I'd imagine the highest wage of €40k a year is over forty weeks, working out as a grand a week?

Jesus christ, this article states that a few years ago there were 20+ players on €100k a year and that one player was on €180k, some decrease in wages over the past few years.

No surprise at all to hear players were getting that kind of crazy money.
My guess of who the 180K player was would be Michael Keane. He was sacked by pats in the end for being too fat. They ended up losing a court case and had to pay out his contract. Cost them about 200k in the end.

These are a few more players that were on serious money:

Jo Ndo in his prime at Shels and Pats would have been on 150k+ depending on bonuses.
Jason Byrne E150K
Glen Crowe E150K
Owen Heary E150K
Joe Gamble was offered 250k to go to pats so he must have gotten something similar at Cork.
Gary Dempsey (E3,500/week).

It would leave you fit to cry to think that money could have gone into building stands, pitches, training grounds and hospitality suites.
Imagine the league we would have now.
Probably the difference between our Champions getting into the Europa League groups regularly and where we are now.

Pighead wrote: »

New app for league of Ireland followers launched today.

SSE Airtricity is delighted to announce the launch of its brand new Fantasy 5 App, dedicated solely to the SSE Airtricity League.

The new Fantasy 5 app is a unique concept in Ireland which allows football fans across the country to engage with the SSE Airtricity League on a whole new level. Fans will be able to select their own fantasy 5 aside team from a combination of both clubs in each match, win weekly prizes and play an exciting and strategic game in a digital and competitive environment.

Prizes are up for grabs every week with an extra bonus of a grand prize of ‘free electricity for a year to the value of €1,200’ for the overall winner.



The concept is simple:



· Choose your preferred SSE Airtricity League game or games

· Select the 5 players you think will have the biggest impact on the match

· Confirm your entry and be in with a chance to win prizes each week



For the 2015 SSE Airtricity League season, we at SSE Airtricity wanted to focus on the fans of the league, and use these fans as the driving force for our new creative #FanPoweredFootball.

It is the dedication of the fans, the players and all the clubs, which make the SSE Airtricity League what it is. That is why SSE Airtricity is proud to introduce the first ever Fantasy 5 SSE Airtricity League App.

Desktop version
https://www.fanfeud.co.uk/user/users/new?client_uuid=5747a59c-b13f-4202-b770-0c2563016d46

Itunes app store link:
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/fantasy-5-sse-airtricity-league/id980308108?mt=8

Android link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Sportego.Fantasy5SSCAirtricityLeague

App doesnt respond to me trying to select any of the sign up options on One Plus One Android

TiltedBrain wrote: »

App doesnt respond to me trying to select any of the sign up options on One Plus One Android

Must be a few teething issues. I downloaded it on iOS and it seems ok. Haven't really had a good look at it yet though. Was hoping this would be a full on fantasy football roll out when I heard that it was in the pipeline but it's not. Still, at least they are doing something to try and bring the league to the mobile phone market.

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Seems in the terms its one game per player however I put two games in.

You didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose you! :cool:

Haha smart ****e had 2nd one in before i seen the link to the rules

It would be remiss of me to ignore the anniversary of probably the greatest finish to a league of Ireland season ever. 20 years ago yesterday Dundalk Fc won their 9th league title in the most tense and exciting final day you could imagine. Derry were top, we were second and Shels were third. All three went into the final day with a chance of league glory.

Derry were away to a poor Athlone side and the trophy was wheeled down to St Mel's Park with the powers that be expecting the Candystripes to get the job done.

We played Galway at home while Shels played Pats. Here's how the afternoon unfolded.





Could watch that all day.

A current LOI player was recently stopped for speeding after an away game when the guard came up to the window he noticed he was wearing a teams kit and figured who the player was, he then mentioned he used to play for said team and waved him on his way.

100 points for the player
100 points for the guards name
100 points for the team
1000 points to anyone who gets the score of the game he was driving home from :pac:

dreamers75 wrote: »

Nope ^


Pats won the under 19 league tonight after beating Derry 3-2 in the final in Buncrana.

Massive win mainly as every KO game they played was away.

New and upcoming superstar Jamie mc grath scored this cracker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0gPxSXsXQk

about 1 minute 50 in , dunno wtf the U2 music is all about.

Has the look of a cracking player, the technique in both his goals is top drawer.

Never mind Roddy, why are tabloids allowed exist.

civis_liberalis wrote: »

That absolutely ridiculous one division idea was mentioned again on the Goal podcast. A surefire way to kill off a good 1/3 of the LOI.

Completely agree with you. When I heard Cawley talking about it I thought the same thing, but he seems to have it in his mind that it will raise FD clubs up. I think it would do the complete opposite. It would drag the current top sides down. I`d have zero interest in watching a poor Waterford or Cabinteely side rolling into the Showgrounds , saying that if Rovers don't get our arse in gear I may have no choice!

If you think about it what would the majority of sides have to play for, at best top 6 sides would compete for 4 European places, so there`d be 12 sides with absolutely nothing to play for, playing dead rubbers. At least a side challenging for a First Division title/ playing in a play off game bring out a few fans. And then do we turf out 2/4 clubs from the league?, when more than likely in a year or 2,when the latest club go tits up, we`d be going back to them begging them to come back.

If you look at the current table 7 of the teams are completely out of European places contention. And that's just after 10 games.
It didn't work when the Irish League tried 16 sides. Scotland wont do it because there is no benefit bringing in more Motherwells, Hamilton and Patrick Thistle type teams, all it does is drain resources from the Premier.
These sides don't improve because they don't have the population areas and resources to do it, bar maybe one or 2 seasons where they over achieve.
Even the Swiss league which has enjoyed great European success with Young Boys and Basel still only has 10 teams in the league.

shefellover93 wrote: »

So next issue is out tomorrow (Mayday AND Friday, aren't we all so lucky!!)

It's genuinely absolutely packed, you will not find a free football magazine with more content in it. It's 39 pages, 35 of which are proper meaty text.

Huge interview with John O'Sullivan about everything; from FORAS to Athlone to Market's Field and on into the future.
Massive historical pieces by Dave Galvin on Dave Norman, the Canadian who racked up over 50 caps and played with UCD, Gerry Desmond on Cork & Belfast Celtic's lightning scorer Jimmy Turnbull, and Mícheál Ó hUanacháin on the (lamentably weaning) history of FAI Cup upsets.

Pieces on Cork City, Dundalk, Bohs v Rovers, a proposed Celtic League, Roddy Collins, LOILegends print gallery and a load more!

Have been getting an amazing response and it seems like the momentum is well underway, so just a matter of keeping it going and spreading it further!

I've actually wrote a piece for this months magazine and am dying to read it. I may be in touch with one or two boys here from various clubs in the future for a bit of info about your club etc if that's cool. Anyway, give the official LOI Monthly Facebook page a like, raise a bit more awareness.

https://www.facebook.com/loimonthly?fref=ts

Wilberto wrote: »

But, surely you know what it says already if, you know, you wrote it.



:pac: :P

Ha I meant the mag in general ya big dzope :P